Device for disinfecting purposes.



J. G. GOODHUE.

DEVICE FOR DISINFEGTING PURPOSES.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 23, 1910.

1,071,616, Patent ad Aug. 26, 1913.

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JULIAN G. GOODI-IUE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26,1913.

Application filed February 23, 1910. Serial No. 545,392.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN G. GooDrrUE, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Disinfecting Purposes, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for disinfectant purposes, and has for its object the provision of improved disinfectant apparatus in wash or toilet rooms, it being the prime object of my invention to provide means which automatically operate periodically, and which, at stated intervals, it is necessary to re-charge.

In the preferred form of invention, herein shown, I provide an elevated main reservoir, carrying a disinfectant fluid or liquid, which is connected, as will hereinafter appear, to an auxiliary reservoir, which regulates a spraying device provided in the apparatus to be sprayed, and which sprayer is periodic ally actuated by an air jet, which is under the control, preferably, of a door check arrangement, subject to periodical movements, in this instance, being shown subject to the periodical movement of the door.

My invention also contemplates improved means for filling or charging the device at stated intervals, and novel features in connection with the so-called auxiliary reservoir and sprayer.

Other features of importance and novelty will appear in the detailed description which follows, and which is made in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, in which- Figure 1 is a view illustrative of my improved mechanism and its connection with the door; Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the main reservoir apparatus; Fig. 3 is a top view thereof; Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the auxiliary reservoir; Fig. 5 is a detail view of the spraying device or sprayer; Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the special charging mechanism employed in connection with the auxiliary reservoir.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, I show a bowl 1, within which my improved 7 rect level.

spraying device 2 is mounted to spray the surrounding parts, which spraying device con sists of an air et tube 3, connected by means of the tube 4 to the door check cylinder 5,

which door check is actuated by the door 6,

and this auxiliary reservoir 7 receives its supply of liquid from the main reservoir 9, which is mounted in an elevated position in a box 10. Brackets 11, 11, are provided to support the main reservoir, and the exit tubes from the main reservoir are so placed that the box 10 may be mounted over the complete apparatus from the front, and removed therefrom, thus to entirely inclose this mechanism. An air tube 12 connects the auxiliary reservoir with the main reservoir, and incloses another tube, 13, which conducts liquid from the main reservoir to the auxiliary reservoir. The air tube has a small hole 14, which comprises the atomizing means, the auxiliary reservoir maintaining the liquid in the tube 8 to a level slightly below the hole 14. Then, when an air blast passes through the opening. 14, by being emitted from the tube 3, disinfectant liquid is sprayed around the adjacent parts.

The door check, which causes the air jets through thetube 3, consists of the cylinder 5, which is mounted upon a bracket 15, which bracket is secured to the jamb, and has an actuating spring 16. The sprayer 2, besides being under the control of the door check, is also under the control of the auxiliary reservoir 7, which supplies it with .nishes air to the main reservoir 9. The tube 13 furnishes the liquid 33. The tube 13 rests upon the plug 34, which holds it to its cor- Now, the level of the liquid in the auxiliary reservoir is the same as the level. of the liquid in the sprayer,that is, sligl'itly below the hole 14, and this level is regulated by the lower portion of the tube 12, will be apparent. As soon as liquid is sprayed out of the sprayer, and the level or the liquid drops, air can enter the tube 12 from the auxiliary reservoir and be conveyed to the main reservoir, which is sealed, and liquid thereupon can enter the auxiliary reservoir through the tube 13, which tube extends to the bottom of the main reservoir 9, and is immersed in liquid in the main reservoir so long as the apparatus is in working order. A nut 35 and wedge-shaped hollow plug are used to form an air-tight connection between the tube 12 and the nipple 37.

The construction of the main reservoir and its association with the pipes 12 and 13 is more clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The main reservoir consists of a glass bottle 38, having an offset portion 89 at the ,top thereof, upon which is seated a metallic head 40, which metallic head has arms 41. A cross piece 42 is placed in the bottle and impinges against the offset portion 39, and a screw 43 holds this head tight to the bottle, packing means 44 being used as shown. A closure 45, used in filling the main reservoir, is held in place by spring clamping means, consisting of the cross-bar 46 and the clamping lever 47 as will be readily apparent. The tube 12 thus communicates with the interior of the main reservoir, and the tube 13, at its main reservoir end, is immersed in the liquid. Now, when it is desired to fill the device, after the liquid has been exhausted or nearly exliaustechit is necessary to open the cap 45, and if that is done, and liquid poured into the main reservoir, it will be apparent that this liquid would immediately flow out through the tube 13, and overflow through th'e openings 14 and 32. To avoid this difficulty in filling I use the apparatus shown more clearly in Figs. 6 and 7, and this consists of a sealing rod 48, which is adapted to close the opening 32, and at the same time closing the upturned mouth of the tube 28, where it enters said auxiliary reservoir through the nipple 29. This sealingrod 48, has a head 49 and a spring 50. The auxiliary reservoir is provided with projections 51, which cooperate to hold said rod 48 in place through the agency of a cross-bar 52, passing through the head 49, which cross-bar has locking arms 53 that engage the projections 51, and a locking lever 54, provided with a handle 55,which,when pressed dowi1 wardly, locks the rod 48 in position to close these twoopenings. The main reservoir may then be filled, and when the air tight cap 45 is again put in place, the re-ciarged apparatus is again ready for operation.

The improved auxiliary reservoir 7 of this invention has provided sufiicient cubical capacity, so that suflicient air is present above the level of the liquid to compensate for expansion of the fluid or liquid and air in the sealed or unsealed portions of the device, so that such expansion and contraction will not cause overflowing of the liquid when undue expansion takes place.

In my application, Serial No. 545,393 filed of even date herewith, I have set forth various correlated features not herein claimed.

While I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement as herein set forth, but

Having thus described my invention, what I claiin as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1; In a device of the class described, the combination with an air-tight receptacle, a tube communicating with the interior of said receptacle near its top, and a siphon tube inclesed by said first-mentioned tube leading to the bottom of the receptacle.

2. In a device of the class described, a main reservoir for the liquid, an auxiliary reservoir below the main reservoir and separated therefrom for holding a predetermined portion of said liquid, means for conducting liquid from the inain reservoir to the auxiliary reservoir, means for maintaining the liquid in said auxiliary reservoir at a predetermined level, and a plug having a rib on which said first-aforesaid means rests.

3. In a device of the class described, a main reservoir for the liquid, an auxiliary reservoir below the main reservoir and separated therefrom for holding a predetermined portion of said liquid, means for con ducting liquid from the main reservoir to the auxiliary reservoir, means for maintainiiig the liquid in said auxiliary reservoir at a predetermined level, a plug having a rib on which said first-aforesaid means rests, and wedge-shaped annular clamping means for insuring air-tight connection between said'second aforesaid means and said auxiliary reservoir.

4. In a device of the class described, an auxiliary reservoir having two openings, a main reservoir, and a device adapted for at tachment to said auxiliary reservoir when said main reservoir is being filled, said device having means for closing bo'th openings in said auxiliary reservoir.

5. Ina device of the class described, an auxiliary reservoir having two openings, a main reservoir, and a device adapted for attachment to said auxiliary reservoir when said main reservoir is being filled, said device consisting o-f a plug, a spring and clamping bars. I

6. A device of the class described com.-

prising two reservoirs, one above the other, In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe a tube leading from the lower portion of the my name this 19th day of February, A. D. upper reservoir to the lower portion of the 1910.

lower reservoir, and a second tube inclosing JULIAN G. GOODHUE. said tube connecting the upper part of the Witnesses:

upper reservoir with the lower part of the MAX W. DABEL,

lower reservoir. O. M. WERMIOH.

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